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Old 12-14-2004 | 03:18 PM
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Default RE: how is that possible?

It's very possible in Iowa to easily kill 80+ deer in a lifetime. The way it works now is that we can draw 2 anysex tags, one for gun and one for bow, plus as many doe tags as you're willing to pay for up to the quota in each county. Any Sex tags cost $26, so does the first doe tag. Each antlerless tag after the first costs $7 apiece. This is not to mention that during the 2 shotgun seasons party hunting is legal, meaning that a hunter in a group can shoot multiple deer as long as the party has enough tags to tag each deer shot. I've never party hunted (or wanted to for that matter), but my dad used to every year before he started muzzleloading. Some years if he were sitting at the right spot during a drive he's shoot 5-6 deer in just a few minutes.

The real factor is having enough time and money to hunt enough to fill that many tags. I have a hard time with my current job getting two days off in a row or more than one day a week most of the time, and during the 9 days of early muzzleloader season this year I had exactly one day off. If I get a little time in January I might get a doe tag and hunt the special late season if I have time.

There is a career and location change (moving to Colorado to learn gunsmithing) in my near future so maybe then I'll be able to get out in the field more often. I can only hope.

Mike
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